/*
* INSANE - Interactive Structural Analysis Environment
*
* Copyright (C) 2003-2005
* Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
* Escola de Engenharia
* Departamento de Engenharia de Estruturas
* 
* Author's email :    insane@dees.ufmg.br
* Author's website :  http://www.dees.ufmg.br/insane
* 
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or any later version.
* 
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* 
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
*/
package br.ufmg.dees.insane.solution;

import java.util.Observer;

import br.ufmg.dees.insane.assembler.Assembler;


/** 
 * An interface defining a solution for the discretized equation Ax" + Bx' + Cx = R - F;
 *
 * @author Fuina, Jamile & Pitangueira, Roque
 * @since March 2005
 */
public interface Solution{
	
    /** Solves the discretized equation Ax" + Bx' + Cx = R - F;
     * 
     */
    public void execute();
    
    /**
     * @return this Assembler
     */
    public Assembler getAssembler();
    
    /**
     * @param assembler
     */
    public void setAssembler(Assembler assembler);
    
    /**
     * @param label The label to set.
     */
    public void setLabel(String label);
    
    /**
     * @return Returns the label.
     */
    public String getLabel();
    
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see java.util.Observable#addObserver(java.util.Observer)
     */
    public abstract void addObserver(Observer arg0);
    
}
